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Re: [Xen-users] problems about compiling the unmodified drivers in xen-3

To: ????????? <vmkernelli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] problems about compiling the unmodified drivers in xen-3.4.0
From: Pasi Kärkkäinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:19:39 +0200
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On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 09:51:52AM +0800, ????????? wrote:
>    Thanks Pasi:
>         you said "The problem is unmodified_drivers is not really (yet)
>    ported for newer
>    kernels."
> 
>         It means that the unmodified drivers in the xen-3.4.0.tar.gz (the
>    latest release version at www.xen.org) is not ported for the
>    linux-2.6.18.8 kernel which is in the xen-3.4.0.tar.gz?
> 

xen-3.4.1.tar.gz is the latest release (3.4.2 will be released soon).

unmodified_drivers works with 2.6.18.

-- Pasi

>      thanks!
> 
>    --- 09幎11æ**9æ*¥ïŒ*å*šäž*, Pasi KÀrkkÀinen <pasik@xxxxxx> å**é**ïŒ*
> 
>      å**件人: Pasi KÀrkkÀinen <pasik@xxxxxx>
>      äž»é¢*: Re: [Xen-users] problems about compiling the unmodified drivers
>      in xen-3.4.0
>      æ*¶ä»¶äºº: "?????????" <vmkernelli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>      æ**é**: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>      æ*¥æ**: 2009幎11æ**9æ*¥,å*šäž*,äž*å**6:31
> 
>      On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 05:47:42PM +0800, ????????? wrote:
>      >    Hi, all:
>      >         I want to check the function of the balloon driver in HVM
>      guest. But
>      >    I met a lot of problems when I compiling the balloon driver. I have
>      read
>      >    the related questions in the mailing-list, but still can not solve
>      this
>      >    problem.
>      >
>      >        According to the README file in xen-3.4.0/unmodified_drivers, I
>      did
>      >    the following work.
>      >
>      >        step 1: ./mkbuildtree (It's ok)
>      >        step 2: make -C xen-3.4.0/linux-2.6.18-xen.hg M=$PWD modules
>      >
>      >        After a lot of redefined warning messages, I get the error
>      message
>      >    "In file included from include/asm/mach-xen/asm/pgtable.h:259,
>      >                     from include/linux/mm.h:39,
>      >                     from
>      >    xen-3.4.0/unmodified_drivers/linux-2.6/balloon/balloon.c:40:
>      >    include/asm/mach-xen/asm/pgtable-3level.h:178: error: expected
>      â**)â**
>      >    before numeric constant"
>      >
>      >    How can I solve this problem? thanks!
>      >
>      >    BTW: I want to the balloon driver can work in HVM guest with higher
>      kernel
>      >    version.
>      >    for example: the HVM guest's kernel is 2.6.29. when I use the
>      mkbuildtree
>      >    script, the file path in this script doesn't exist in 2.6.29
>      kernel. For
>      >    example, the 2.6.18-xen.hg kernel has the "drivers/xen/core"
>      directory
>      >    but the 2.6.29 kernel hasn't, It has only "drivers/xen" directory.
>      So How
>      >    can I compile a balloon driver for higher kernel HVM guest?
>      >
>      >    any suggestion are welcome. thanks again!
>      >
> 
>      The problem is unmodified_drivers is not really (yet) ported for newer
>      kernels. Feel free to send patches :)
> 
>      I think Novell has patches somewhere to make it compile at least with
>      2.6.27, which is what SLES11 ships with.
> 
>      -- Pasi
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